Oil and gas in the Capitals ///

Energy matters muddle along in Congress. The fox-hunting season began a little early this year in Washington. A stream of corporate scandals, accounting frauds and CEOs’ greed for non-results-based compensation has provoked bi-partisan, rhetorical outrage on Capitol Hill and in the White House. Events have forced the Bush administration to propose a crackdown, and legislative moves in Congress may herald a return to Big Government intervention.